Problem with time signatures
Can anyone tell me why Musescore won't write measure in 12/8 time when I change the time signature to 12/8?
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Can anyone tell me why Musescore won't write measure in 12/8 time when I change the time signature to 12/8?
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You will need to upload the score. MuseScore allows you to write music in 12/8 when you insert a 12/8 time signature.
If you're changing an existing Time Signature by right-clicking on it and selecting its Properties then this only alters the appearance. To get 12/8 time you ned to press [Shift]t to call up the Time Signature section of the master palette and create a 12/8 if you don't already have it.
In reply to If you're changing an… by underquark
12/8 is included in the basic palette. I suspect you are correct about what OP did, but I wanted to see it before telling him that.
In reply to If you're changing an… by underquark
Thanks. That's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for.
I also realized that apparently Musescore only auto creates quarter rests and not dotted quarter rests. I should have assumed that. This is the first time I'm writing in 12/8 with it.
This is still better than paying too much money for Finale.
In reply to Thanks. That's exactly the… by sternman9000
I previously put in a feature request for the user to be able to define the rest pattern much the way you can set beam groupings. I hope it is included in 3.0 when it comes out.
As far as the auto generate rests are concerned, longer rests ARE less common than shorter rests, so it it not normally too much key pressing to make the dotted 1/4 rests or dotted 1/2 rests. Having said that, I really dislike whole rests being auto generated in 12/8 time music. And I agree, for what you get in MuseScore, you can't beat the price. The same cannot be said for some other free notation programs.